David Cameron has delayed the Treasurys Autumn Statement on the economy in order to conduct a major diplomatic visit to China.

The Prime Minister will visit China in the coming weeks, ending a diplomatic row that had seen Britain struggling to make high-level contact with the Chinese leadership after Mr Cameron last year held a private meeting in London with the Dalai Lama, the spiritual leader of Tibet.

On Monday night a Treasury spokesman said: Tonight the Prime Minister announced that he will lead a delegation to China in early December. As a result the Autumn Statement will now be made by the Chancellor on Thursday, December 5.

Last month, George Osborne, the Chancellor, visited Beijing, with Boris Johnson, the Mayor of London, and senior business figures, announcing a raft of deals with Chinese companies.

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